Leaf Village: We Uchiha Are Done Lying Flat! Part 30

You could even say...

If he died, everyone would be even happier!

Yes.

Uchiha Jin and Nara Kazama were both genuinely smart people.

Kudo Shin had survived one war, so naturally, he wasn't an idiot either.

And precisely because of that...

If the three of them worked together, their chances of surviving future wars would be very high.

But once Ishikawa Itsuki was added to the mix, things changed.

That idiot had no idea of his own limits. He was utterly useless at accomplishing anything and exceptionally good at ruining everything.

He'd get them all killed!

Under those circumstances, naturally, no one sympathized with him.

Sure enough, the evil Uchiha!

Two days later.

The three of them, along with a cart of supplies, finally found a ship and arrived at the Frontline Camp on the evening of the third day.

Uchiha Jin and Nara Kazama were casually assigned to a tent.

After requesting a stretcher, the two of them carried Ishikawa Itsuki to the Medical Camp before returning to their tent.

"Are you sure that excuse will fool them?"

Seeing that no one was nearby, Uchiha Jin finally spoke in a low voice. "We lost two whole carts of supplies. Are you sure they won't hold us accountable?"

"Relax, it'll be fine." Nara Kazama smiled. "This sort of thing is common. Everyone does it."

"So far, nothing has ever gone wrong. Even if you can't find someone to take the blame, at most you'll get reprimanded. It'll only have a slight impact on future promotions."

"Especially during wartime, they usually let you redeem yourself through merit. It won't even affect your promotion prospects."

"This time, we even found someone to take the blame, so there's no need to worry about it."

"Trust me, it's nothing."

"You won't even get reprimanded!"

"It's only two carts of supplies. What does that amount to in a war?"

"The truly ruthless ones dare to empty out the Frontline Camp's supply warehouses, then deliberately destroy the warehouses when the enemy attacks and report to the village that the enemy did it."

"That's called battle losses!"

"The supplies normally stored in the Frontline Camp's warehouses are worth no less than five billion ryo in total."

Hiss!

Uchiha Jin was utterly dumbfounded.

He had already tried his best to underestimate these people's lack of integrity, yet he had still overestimated them.

Good grief!

This routine felt far too familiar.

But he still couldn't understand why, despite having transmigrated here so long ago, he had never heard of anything like this.

Thinking of that, he couldn't help but speak up.

"This... isn't right!"

"I'm from the Uchiha, after all. We're considered one of the prominent clans in Leaf Village."

"How come I've never heard of this sort of thing?"

Upon hearing that, Nara Kazama's gaze toward Uchiha Jin immediately took on an indescribable look.

His brows furrowed slightly.

Clearly.

For a moment, he truly didn't know how to explain it.

Seeing this.

Uchiha Jin spoke directly.

"We've fought through life and death together, and now we're teammates on the same squad."

"If there's something you want to say, just say it."

Nara Kazama looked somewhat helpless.

But after pondering for a moment, he still said helplessly, "You already said the reason yourself. It's because you're Uchiha."

Hearing that, nothing more needed to be said.

He suddenly understood.

Yes.

Uchiha Jin truly understood now!

He knew better than anyone what the Uchiha were like.

Brainless, stubborn, and absurdly proud.

These messy matters on the battlefield were basically unspoken rules among the Konoha higher-ups.

Everyone did it!

All the major clans did it. Even the Sarutobi clan did it often.

And they took the biggest share.

As for the reason, it was quite simple.

These supplies belonged to the village and came from the Daimyo's annual funding.

Gone?

No problem!

Just ask the Daimyo for more.

It was likely because of this that the Uchiha seemed so utterly out of place within the village.

Yes.

If the Uchiha learned of such things, they would definitely disdain to join in. Instead, they would make a huge issue of it to prove the Uchiha's honor.

The Uchiha were proud.

And because of that pride, they were destined never to see eye to eye with the other clans of Leaf Village.

In his previous life, he had always found it a little hard to understand.

There might have been plenty of bastards among the Uchiha, but there was no need for Hiruzen Sarutobi to exterminate the entire clan, was there?

Although the Uchiha had a Radical Faction, did those idiots really have what it took to overthrow the Third Hokage's rule?

What a joke!

Not to mention that many Ninja Clans would remain neutral, while Ino-Shika-Cho belonged to the Hokage's faction.

If the Uchiha rebelled, even Tsunade and the other two would definitely stand with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

There were also the Hokage's Anbu, Danzo's Root, perhaps even the Uchiha Moderate Faction, and possibly even Fugaku, the Clan Leader, who would choose to support Hiruzen Sarutobi.

If that was the case, why exterminate the clan?

Wouldn't it have been better to keep the Uchiha around?

Even if another war broke out, they could have sent them to the Frontline to die!

In his previous life, he had always thought Hiruzen Sarutobi was a moron, the kind with something seriously wrong with his brain.

Now, he understood.

The core reason was that their ideals differed.

Everything else was nonsense, merely superficial appearances.

No wonder the Uchiha couldn't become Hokage.

If an Uchiha truly became Hokage, could everyone still happily embezzle the village's assets?

Thinking of that, he gave a bitter laugh.

"Fine, no need to say any more."

"I finally understand completely why the Uchiha can't become Hokage and why everyone targets us."

"Tobirama Senju was right. The Uchiha really are evil!"